Laurie, Mike
Some wader records from my visit 17-23 July 2014: Pacific Golden Plover
(three or four birds, on lawns, at the Meteorology Station and Ba'hai
Temple, Apia); Wandering Tattler (about five in mangroves and on
mudflats, Apia harbour); Whimbrel (one near mangroves, Apia harbour);
Ruddy Turnstone (a group of 10 on a lawn by the sea wall, and small
groups on the High Court and Meteorology Station lawns).
regards
Neville
On 15/10/2023 12:54, Laurie Knight wrote:
G’day Mike
Sorry, I worded that the wrong way. Would birds sit out the breeding season in
Samoa? It seems that September is early for birds that have bred in the
northern hemisphere to arrive in Samoa.
Regards, Laurie
On 15 Oct 2023, at 9:26 am, Michael Tarburton <>
wrote:
Yes Laurie
Golden Plovers do “winter” in Samoa. During the four years we lived there we had
many sightings on our campus lawns right through Dec, Jan, Feb, Mar. There were even more at
Mulinuu not far from our campus, near Apia. For example on 15th Feb 1994, we recorded 1 Eastern
Curlew, 12 Whimbrel, 3 Ruddy Turnstone, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 5 Western Tattler, & 10 Golden
Plover, all at Mulinuu.
Happy birding
Mike Tarburton
On 14 Oct 2023, at 3:59 pm, Laurie Knight <> wrote:
Following on from my previous post, we saw a lot of golden plovers on Samoa,
where they tended to hang out on mown lawns.
They all seemed to be in non-breeding plumage, which seemed to be a bit strange
at the end of September. Is Samoa on the East Asian flyway? (It is to the east
of 95% of the dateline).
My question is whether Samoa a place where golden plovers hangout when they are
siting out the northern hemisphere breeding season?
Regards, Laurie
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